51.   But, in an interview Thursday night, he said he would leave before the end of the current session in December, declining to be more specific.

52.   But with just one year left before Pastrana leaves office, the peace effort has lurched to a near standstill.

53.   But with just one year left before Pastrana leaves office, the peace effort in Colombia has lurched to a near standstill, and the war is escalating.

54.   But with only three days left before the season opener, there was growing concern among the ownership group that replacement ball would be a financial and historic disaster.

55.   Cicerone argued heatedly that the group had left before the change in policy and thus should be allowed asylum.

56.   Clinton took off from Tuzla about two and a half hours after his arrival as fog rolled in, under Secret Service orders to leave before dark.

57.   Coughing our way to the parking lot, we left before the demolition derby.

58.   Congress has only a few weeks left before adjourning for the year.

59.   Danner left years before, chafing from small-town life, to pursue a career as a journalist in the big city.

60.   Despite the vast differences in their disappearing acts, the anticipation surrounding their comebacks speaks to a collective appetite for athletes who leave before their time.